Tag: Lana Del Rey
The Misunderstood Critic in the Age of Celebrity Worship, Or: The Critic Hasn’t Written the Lines You’d Like to Hear, Or: Ann Powers to Lana Del Rey: Bitch You Ain’t Joni Mitchell
Something happened long ago when celebrities were finally allowed the same democratizing outlet as every other plebe: “the tool” of social media. It “empowered” them [Read More…]
Mourning the Death and Anticipating the Return of the “Great Artist” on Norman Fucking Rockwell
In some ways, Lana Del Rey did a disservice to herself in releasing so many of the tracks before the album release date of August [Read More…]
Pasticcio Overload: Lana Del Rey Takes Cues From Madonna, Mariah, Woody Allen, Lit, Grease and Godzilla in “Doin’ Time” Video
As the queen of modern pastiche and how to wield it for the benefit of creating her own aesthetic, Lana Del Rey’s latest video, itself [Read More…]
The New York/California Schizo: Miss Lana Del Rey in “Fuck It I Love You” & “The Greatest”
For a long time, it seemed as though, like all of us (or at least those with any creative sensibility), Lana Del Rey was trying [Read More…]
The Process and Inspiration Behind “Looking For America” Echoes “Coachella-Woodstock In My Mind”
On the weekend of April 15-16 in 2017, the strange festival-turned-Instagram “influencer’s” wet dream that is Coachella found Lana Del Rey among the ranks of [Read More…]
Subverting Pastiche: Some Takeaways From the Norman Fucking Rockwell Album Cover
As Lana Del Rey stans proceed to attempt picking the wigs that were snatched up off the floor after getting an official release date and [Read More…]
I Feel So Alone on a Friday Night: Essential LDR Songs for the Sad Party Girl In You
As one, Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, embarks upon year thirty-four (on June 21, much to the chagrin of Geminis everywhere who recently had to reconcile with [Read More…]
In Light of Moby’s “Confession” About Lana Del Rey, Certain Lyrics of Hers Seem Tailored Toward His 00s Ego
After setting the tone in 1999 with Play for his commercialized career of the 00s, Moby very much indeed transcended into “the man.” Though not [Read More…]
LDR & Jared Leto’s Gucci Guilty Commercial: A “Born to Die” Redux
As the more approachable “twin” to Link Wray’s cherished 1958 hit single “Rumble,” the record’s B-side, “The Swag” is fittingly used to set the sonic [Read More…]
A Fame Compendium Arises in “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me–But I Have It”
An impish grin characterizes Lana Del Rey’s expression on the more than somewhat lo-fi album cover for her latest single, “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing [Read More…]
